European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup the brazilian Driver Ayrton Senna came through in great style at the portuguese grand prix last capturing pole position in the dry and then winning the rain soaked race next Day in his it was sennas first grand prix Victory in what will doubtless become a Long string of and it came in Only his 16th grand prix he led the portuguese race from Start to and scored fastest Lap of Day into the bargain total Domina the 25yearold sennas rapid Rise to stardom comes As no when the american Dan Partel was conducting the european formula Ford he told us that Senna was the Best Young Driver around and that he was destined for great Senna dominated Par Tell european championships As no other Driver had Ever and his number of wins were in it was Al ways a foregone conclusion that the brazilian would win with and that the rest of the Field was simply running for second place Ayrton Senna in one of partels formula Ford press releases from he wrote Aryton Senna is one of the most talented Young Road racing prospects in the world he can look Forward to a Brilliant future in and that sums it up rather Senna is at Home in All and Hes obviously the Best Wetweather Driver his portuguese Victory margin More than a minute Over ital is Michele Albreto in Monaco rain swept grand prix last Senna then with Toleman displayed great style and apparently would have won that race if it had gone the full he was about to pass Frenchman Alain Prost Mclaren for the Lead when the race was if the Monaco race had gone the full Dis observers there said that barring mechanical problems Senna would have won easily and Prost would have taken had it turned out that Prost would now be the world Champion because he would have received six Points for second place at Monaco rather than Points for winning a drastically shortened grand Prost lost the 1984 championship to his austrian team mate Niki Lauda by just on half after last sundays portuguese Senna told i lost count of the number of times i nearly spun the conditions were so dangerous i wanted the race i nearly spun in front of the pits and i nearly went off the track More times than i can at the Halfway Senna signalled to startling officials to Stop the but his signals were ignored and the race went the full two hours two hours is the determining time for a grand prix in the the race ended Only two laps Short of full so the spectators got their moneys Worth instead of being shortchanged As they were last year at the officials at Portugal made the right some of the greatest grand prix races weve Ever seen were fought out in heavy and unless the rules Are changed for grand prix races to be held in dry Condi approaches stardom destiny tons then today formula one Drivers should face driving in the rain and get on with sennas win ended the  teams run of eight straight a run that had started at the British up on july 22 of last Mclaren bid for nine in a Row ended when Prost spun out on Lap 31 while running third and when Lauda dropped out a few laps later he was fifth at the time with a burned out the first major problem experienced with the Al conquering tag porsche after two grand prix Brazil and the italian Driver Albreto leads for the title with 12 Points based on two second place finishes while Prost and Senna follow with 9 Points Prost won the brazilian next up is Elio de Angelis of the Lotus team de Angelis placed fourth in Portugal with 7 Frenchman Patrick Tam Bay who took third in follows with 6 these Are the in the run for the formula one car constructors Lotus leads there with 16 while Ferrari has 15 and Mclaren has following Are Renault with 6 Williams with and Ligier and tied with 1 Point the third round in the world driving championship the grand prix of san Marino will be held May 5 on the Imola circuit near while it was pouring rain in we visited sunny Bockenheim last sunday to Check out the Jim Clark memorial probably the least attended event in the history of major motor racing about spectators if it seems that if its not formula one grand prix no one is inter and the Lack of spectators outside formula one racing is beginning to pose a threat to other forms of motor racing in at Germany Jochen who left formula one racing in 1982 after Many illustrious years on the up won both heats of the intense Ries cup sports car the inter series also counting for the German driving who now ranks As one of the top Long Dis Tance Drivers in the world he drives for the porsche factory in world endurance championship led both heats from Start to finish in his Joest porsche second Overall was Hans stuck of Germany in a Brun porsche while third came German Driver Klaus Niedzwiedz in a Gibford stuck won the opening inter series race at the nuer Burgering on easter weekend so he and mass Are now tied for honors in the the next inter series round is scheduled for May 5 at the Airfield when we published the 1985 racing sched Ules last month did not include the european championship events for historic and As weve had requests for the places and Here they Are brands Hatch May 5 Zand Voort hoi May 19 brands june 9 Mon thery june 30 zolder 11 nuer Burgering 1718 Salzburg ring aus 1 Vallelunga 29 and Croix in Vernois where to go this weekend tops in Auto racing is the 47th International adar which will be staged sunday on the new nue Burgr ing in the fourth round in the european formula 3000 championship will be the major race of the Day and it also Marks the debut for formula 3000 racing in the third race in the new f3000 championship was staged last weekend in Estoril As a preliminary to the portuguese grand prix and it was won by John Nielsen of Denmark in a Nielsen is now tied with new Sealander Mike thackwell in the 14race other races on the nuer Burgering sunday include a round in the German production car a Ford fiesta ladies cup a vow Polo cup race and a Renault 5 trophy an International truck race is also on the and it will be run in two the first one at 5 on saturday and the final heat at 5 on untamed practice for All cars begins at noon on Friday and goes until 6 while timed practice is set for saturday from 8 to 5 the six race program on sunday starts at 11 and runs through 6 the formula 3000 race will be run in two heats on sunday 22 laps per the first heat set for 1 1 and the second for 3 to reach the nuer take the Koblen Trier autobahn and exit at from signs Mark the to the in the second round in the world championship endurance racing series for sports cars Uil be held sunday at the Monza with practice scheduled for Friday and in the touring car races and races for sports cars Are scheduled on saturday at the Zand Voort circuit on the North in the brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London is hosting Champion of brands car races on sunday while at the Oulton Park circuit Southeast of Liverpool 750 clubman car races will be held on motorcycle racing the second round in the european motorcycle racing championship will be held sunday on the Vallelunga circuit at Campag Nano i Roma just North of with races for bikes of 250 and practice is scheduled for Allday in the brands Hatch circuit will hold Champion of brands races on in the 37th adar Bremerhaven trophy races will be held at that port City on saturday and with races for cycles in the 350 and Soock races for cycles with sidecars Are also on the at the Bockenheim a German championship Cycle rally will be staged on saturday and Motocross the belgian grand a world championship round for bikes in the i25cc will be held sunday in Goeselt Southeast of on the autobahn to the stars and stripes Wrigh Figueroa Marathon win tops Racquet action by Tim Boivin staff writer Camp new the Netherlands youve heard of the 24 hours at Daytona Continental sports conferences James Wright and Frank Figueroa would like to Tell you about the six hours at the lights were out in the rest of Camp new Amsterdam gymnasium late Mon Day when Wright and Figueroa finished the grand finale of their four they were taken to the tiebreaker in three of them before being Able to claim the Safe racquetball masters doubles Wright and Figueroa started play at monday by losing to the even Tual Mediterranean sports conferences Bob Ambol and Pete Natal after a Short they dropped to the losers bracket in the double elimination tournament and Defeated the United kingdoms Bob Allison and Gene Fletcher the Csc duo next went up against Ambol and Natal in a match originally scheduled for because Figueroa had to be Back in Span Dahlem for a 7 meeting Natal and Ambol agreed to Complete tournament play Mon Day they could have just sat Back and took the title by Wright they Are Topnotch sportsmen and fun to play although Natal and Ambol were Well rested compared to what Wright and Figueroa had been Wright provided the firepower while Figueroa guarded the rear for a 115 i was tired and my shooting had slowed Figueroa i just let Doc Wright shoot the Ball and i backed him Csc Victory forced Natal and Ambol into the i necessary match against Figue Roa and the time was now most of the other tournament players had left for dinner when the Csc and Mac duos stepped onto the court one last Wright and Figueroa took the first game with Figueroa taking his turn at the big my shooting had slowed Wright Frank came on and picked it up for Figueroa had a Chance by playing Back up to catch his breath in the first if such a thing exists in the sweat Box known As a racquetball docs shots started hanging so i thought 1 had better take Over on offence in the second Figueroa Natal and Ambol switched sides in the second with Ambol playing the backhand Side of the that made enough of a difference for Natal and Ambol to take the second game Natal and Ambol pulled out to a 40 Lead before Wright and Figueroa broke serve and surged into a 44 Mac then Rode three Ambol Roll outs to take a 95 Ambol ran into difficulty with skips after Csc broke the Wright and Figueroa used two Fig Uchoa Roll outs and a Cross court passing see Racquet on Page 26 9